Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-16
A STRANGER IN GOTHAM
Interview with = Man Who Makes I'm
proVement of the Memory "A SpecinItx

Interview with = Man Who Makes I'm
ProVsn'ent of the Memory a Specially.
Special Correspoudencel
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE third or fourth
story, front, Of an imposing building on Fifth
avenue, near its junction with Broadway,
bears u sign sure to attract attention from
the street. 1t is in black and white, extends
across a window, and aside from a sprofes
sor'S" name bears in huge capitals the word
Memory" Curiosity impelled HE TO ascend
the winding stairways which led 70 the office
to which tue window and its sign belong. A
pretty girl sprsng up from manipulation Of
typewriter in AN outer office as l entered, and
when asked for the professor stepped into
the inner room, where was soon invited.
A stout man with big head, partly bald,
and gray mustache, sat in this apartment
tearing open letters from pile before him.
asked an explanation Of his peculiar sign.
There Is little to explain about it." he
said, except that teach people to remem-
Der anything they want To remember. With
the cooperation Of any pupil one can have
just as good memory as be may desire to
have
How long does it take to learn, professor,.
The course consists Of five lessons, which
may be given by mail fully as we'll as in
person.
~And how long are the lessonsr
That depends on the pupil, OF course: the
average Il about three hours, think Much
OF my teaching Is done in classes by a series
OF lectures. l have lectured to n class Of 800
at laie college, 40 at the University of
Pennsylvania, 100 Columbia law students
200 lady students Of Wellesley college and
many others in this country In England I
have been even more prominently identified
with educational institutions
How long have you been in this businessr
About twenty five years, most of the time
abroad. | still have q branch in Ionion-
and, in fact, have been in this country only
about a year, l was induced to come here
by my American pupils"
There are two stages Of memory the lit
tie man said TO nie-"receptive power and re-
vivai OF impressions Ny system is TO in
crease each Of these 40 You remember be-
cause You can't help yourself Concentration
is the cardinal feature of the system and the
first thing is to strengthen the bower of at
tention so you hold your mind on sny sub
Ject without wandering. Our natural mem-
ories are broken down by learning things BY
rote"
ine Pr"iessnr gave me pamphlet profuse
"ith caps, "ahcs ana ooidlace lines from
Nnlch learn that he also teaches whist
memory anu 'he ART Oh Illustration, or how
10 iiid appropfiate anecdotes, adages, for
ihuias' e'c' among tEe gentiemans pupils
na]e '~ei 'u'ian benjamin, W. '" Astor,
Ut nucSiey ana MARX VAIN ltns year
the professor Is to lecture before the Chsutau-
~ 4
qua w. ~ uiii'eisits'
Inc ne" nm asazhie, Inc Cosmopolitan,
or'gihaiy iauheheu at Rochester n: y, has
peei ho'ea mere anu seems destined Tor sue
ceHs its eul'or Is FRANK r smith, until his
connection with The Cosmopolitan an edito-
rial writer on The Democrat and Chronicle
at Rochester The success of this new maya
nine is din. almost entirely Tn the dal,c.t.. %.
yir;l. ,arso,a,itv q, NJ SMITH ,hirt o.
ia taIl and slender with an nv.i f.n. Ia
Is 'Aii anu s'ei,uei, WIN ah o'ai iace ana
across his forehead 4 blact mns,.cb.,
curls around the corners of his mouth and
his nose supports light steel framed glasses.
He is a close student, ard is somewhat re-
The advertising rates Of the New York
daily papers strike terror TO the hearts Of out
of town advertisers. / made tour of several
Of the Offices and asked for their rate cards
For reading notices The World charges 81. 10
Il line on its first page, 81 80 ard 81 on other
pages; for the Sunday paper, So, e.. 81 20
and 81, the notices To be starred" or marked
advt. For the same thing The Sun charges
g. 80 on tir.t page, sl.JO on third page. The